"This..."
"Young Master, what is this..."
"Lord Bai's axe looks a bit..."
Inside the light cocoon, everyone was stunned by this scene, frozen in place.
They could naturally see the axe condensed from true essence.
In fact, at the Grandmaster level, one could already use their own vital energy to materialize objects for attack or defense.
But...
Would Bai Zihe's use of this to counter Qin Changsheng be too careless?
"You are mistaken."
Zhuge Sheng stared fixedly at Bai Zihe, a mysterious brilliance flowing in his eyes. "Brother Bai's move's crucial point lies in 'Heaven Opening and Earth Splitting,' not the axe itself!"
"The axe..."
"Is merely the vessel for the move!"
Upon hearing this, the crowd paused for half a second, then immediately looked towards the scene.
"Swish!"
After Bai Zihe uttered four words, a beam of axe light slowly slashed out.
This axe light...
Was equally small and exquisite, equally miniature and adorable.
Like an infant just a few months old, it seemed to possess no lethality whatsoever.
Moreover...
Its speed was extremely slow, and it carried no imposing aura.
"This, this..."
"It seems a bit..."
"Young Master's move..."
Inside the light cocoon, people looked at each other, not knowing what to say, then simultaneously turned their gaze to Zhuge Sheng.
He was the one among them with the highest cultivation, the broadest vision, and the most knowledge of secrets. Perhaps he could provide an explanation.
"This move..."
Zhuge Sheng shook his head awkwardly. "Forgive my poor sight, but I can't discern anything yet. However, I firmly believe Brother Bai would not act without purpose."
"Since he unleashed it at this critical juncture, he must have his reasons."
Zhuge Sheng could only comfort himself this way.
There was no other choice.
Heaven Opening and Earth Splitting...
This was a signature move of the Great God Pangu.
And...
Bai Zihe had only grasped a tiny portion of it, not even one ten-thousandth of its power displayed. How could he expect others to have confidence?
Let alone Zhuge Sheng.
Even Qin Changsheng at this moment found no fault with it, merely viewing it as Bai Zihe's futile resistance in despair.
"Bai Zihe..."
Qin Changsheng chuckled, a look of mockery on his face. "Is this what you meant by 'I am the one who deserves to die'?"
"You intend to use this... to kill me?"
"Hahahaha..."
With that, Qin Changsheng couldn't help but laugh heartily.
His laughter was unrestrained.
His laughter was dismissive and contemptuous.
This Bai Zihe was truly dreaming if he could even utter such words.
"That's right."
After laughing for a while, Qin Changsheng looked down at Bai Zihe and sneered, "You are about to die by my sword."
"Who wouldn't fear death?"
"It's understandable if you've lost your mind; it's nothing surprising!"
"Hahahaha..."
At this point, Qin Changsheng burst into laughter again, his voice shaking the heavens.
"Is it that funny?"
Bai Zihe also grinned, pointing to the sky, and said calmly, "Old man, open your dog eyes and look properly!"
Qin Changsheng paid no heed to Bai Zihe's words.
But he casually glanced over.
Yet, with that one glance...
Qin Changsheng's soul nearly fled his body, his face contorted in horror.
The people inside the light cocoon, upon hearing Bai Zihe's words, also raised their gazes slightly.
Instantly.
Everyone's mouths flew open, wide enough that they couldn't close them for a long time.
As if they had been stuffed with invisible light bulbs!
They saw on the scene.
The unparalleled, overwhelmingly dominant sword energy, upon striking the beam of axe light released by Bai Zihe, abruptly dissipated, vanishing without a trace like melting ice and snow.
If one had to describe it, it was like...
A rod of ice hitting a red-hot iron, vaporizing instantly without surprise.
A basin of water poured into the vast ocean, not stirring even a tiny ripple.
And Bai Zihe's axe light...
Remained as it was, unrivaled, unyielding, pressing forward.
Targeting Qin Changsheng in mid-air.
Although still slow, the distance between them was only a few dozen zhang.
It would only take a moment to reach Qin Changsheng and cleave him in two!
"What the hell is this?"
Qin Changsheng's soul was in an uproar, instinctively wanting to flee.
Although he was currently a mere manifestation of divine sense, voluntarily dissipating was fundamentally different from being annihilated.
No one wanted their clone to be destroyed.
A clone that was broken down and dispersed...
At the lightest level, it only meant losing some energy, which could be recovered after some time or with a Soul Return Pill.
At a more serious level, it could injure the divine sense, which was quite severe.
And even more serious...
Some powerful beings could even use the will contained within the divine sense to harm the cultivator's soul, leading to severe injury or death!
Therefore.
Qin Changsheng panicked.
As the Seventh Elder of the Tianshan Sword Sect, he didn't want to die here!
"Eh?"
Qin Changsheng tried to escape, but he couldn't!
The moment he prepared to move, he discovered that space had already been sealed.
"This, this, how is this possible?"
Qin Changsheng was once again horrified, his gaze towards Bai Zihe filled with confusion, terror, and near-madness!
Spatial sealing...
That was a technique possessed only by Nascent Soul Realm cultivators!
The mere Bai Zihe, who was only in the God Transformation realm!
How could he possibly seal space? Was this a joke? This was absurd!
"Bai Zihe, you, what did you do?"
Qin Changsheng stared intently at Bai Zihe, his composure gone, and demanded, no longer calm and collected.
Bai Zihe did not reply.
Honestly...
The moment he swung that axe, it drained all the vitality and spirit from Bai Zihe, leaving him almost completely depleted.
This was the first time since he descended the mountain, no, since he was born.
He was almost at the point of exhaustion, on the verge of death.
The reason was simple.
Heaven Opening and Earth Splitting was a signature move of the Great God Pangu.
Its power was so immense it could destroy heavens and earth, disrupt the universe, and was naturally extraordinary, by no means something an ordinary person could wield.
Bai Zihe's axe...
Although its power had been reduced by tens of thousands, even hundreds of millions of times, it still consumed an immense amount, beyond what he could control at his current stage.
Hence, this situation.
Bai Zihe could still stand only because of sheer willpower.
He could not fall.
He had to witness Qin Changsheng's death with his own eyes.
He also had no strength to answer Qin Changsheng's question.
"Buzz!"
In mid-air, the beam of axe light continued its advance.
As before, it was unstoppable.
Qin Changsheng was already sweating profusely. He had tried various methods but could not cope.
He even considered voluntarily dissipating his clone.
This would only result in damage to his divine sense.
It would not cost him his life.
However.
What was normally an easy task, dissipating his clone, he could not do at this moment.
This spatial seal...
Seemed to affect every inch of space, and also every meridian within Qin Changsheng's body, making him utterly unable to control himself.
This was, of course, not Bai Zihe's doing.
It was merely a minor function attached to the "Heaven Opening and Earth Splitting" move.
After all.
As a move of the Great God Pangu, if it could be easily broken by a mere Qin Changsheng, wouldn't that be a colossal joke?
"Puff..."
Finally, under everyone's gaze.
The axe light reached Qin Changsheng. Qin Changsheng finally felt the chilling killing intent emanating from it.
"Bai, Zi, He—"
"No—"
With a wail that echoed through the sky, the axe light easily split Qin Changsheng in two, without any surprise.
Tianshan Sword Sect.
Inside a secret chamber.
An old man suddenly opened his eyes, a look of panic flashing within them.
"Bai, Zi, He!"
"No..."
Then, his head lolled to the side, and he died.